A global strategy to mitigate the environmental impact of China’s ruminant consumption boom
| Autor: | Xiaozi Liu, Ying Ge, Feng Mao, Yuanyuan Du, Changhui Peng, Kaixuan Pan, Yuan Ren, Raphael K. Didham, Yong Min, Zelong Qu, Guofu Yang, Jie Chang, Laura A. Meyerson, Xing Fan, Mikko Heino, Xu Wu, Linshan Lin, Scott X. Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Greenhouse Effect
China Internationality Livestock 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Natural resource economics Science General Physics and Astronomy 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Waste Management Animals Environmental impact assessment lcsh:Science Environmental degradation 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Consumption (economics) Multidisciplinary Ecological footprint Global strategy Ruminants General Chemistry Models Theoretical Animals Domestic Greenhouse gas Sustainability lcsh:Q Business Environmental Pollution Algorithms Externality Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018) Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Popis: | Rising demand for ruminant meat and dairy products in developing countries is expected to double anthropogenic greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from livestock by 2050. Mitigation strategies are urgently needed to meet demand while minimizing environmental impacts. Here, we develop scenarios for mitigating emissions under local vs global supply policies using data from 308 livestock farms across mainland China, where emissions intensities are ~50% higher than those in developed nations. Intensification of domestic production and globalized expansion through increased trade result in reductions in global emissions by nearly 30% over a business-as-usual scenario, but at the expense of trading partners absorbing the associated negative externalities of environmental degradation. Only adoption of a mixed strategy combining global best-practice in sustainable intensification of domestic production, with increased green-source trading as a short-term coping strategy, can meet 2050 demand while minimizing the local and global environmental footprint of China’s ruminant consumption boom. Rising demand for ruminant meat and dairy products in developing nations drives increasing GHG and ammonia emissions from livestock. Authors show here that only long-term adoption of global best-practice in sustainable intensification buffered by a short-term coping strategy of green-source trading can offer a way forward. |
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